| BONHOMOUS | • bonhomous adj. Good-natured; full of bonhomie. • BONHOMOUS adj. full of bonhomie, good nature; pleasant and easy manner. |
| HOMOPHONE | • homophone n. (Semantics) A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin. • homophone n. A letter or group of letters which are pronounced the same as another letter or group of letters. • HOMOPHONE n. a word that sounds the same as another but is spelt differently e.g. 'to', 'too' and 'two'. |
| HOMOPHONY | • homophony n. (Music) a texture in which two or more parts move together in harmony, the relationship between them creating chords. • homophony n. The quality of being homophonous. • HOMOPHONY n. sameness of sound. |
| HOMOTONIC | • homotonic adj. (Phonetics) Of the same tone. • homotonic adj. (Biology, rare) Of uniform tension or tonicity. • HOMOTONIC adj. of the same tenor or tone, also HOMOTONOUS. |
| HONEYMOON | • honeymoon n. The period of time immediately following a marriage. • honeymoon n. A trip taken by a newly married couple during this period. • honeymoon n. A period of goodwill at the beginning of a new term or relationship (e.g. towards a newly elected politician… |
| MONKHOODS | • monkhoods n. Plural of monkhood. • MONKHOOD n. the state of being a monk. |
| MONKSHOOD | • monkshood n. (Countable) Any of various poisonous plants, of the genus Aconitum, with blue or white flowers in the shape of a hood. • monkshood n. (Uncountable) The dried leaves or flowers of these plants formerly used as a source of medicinal alkaloids. • monk's␣hood n. Alternative form of monkshood. |
| MONOCHORD | • monochord n. A musical instrument for experimenting with the mathematical relations of musical sounds, consisting… • monochord n. A stringed instrument with only one string. • MONOCHORD n. a musical instrument having only one string. |
| MONOPHONY | • monophony n. (Music) The characteristic of a piece that has only a primary melody and no secondary melody or accompaniment. • MONOPHONY n. a composition for one voice. |
| MONOTROCH | • monotroch n. A wheelbarrow or other one-wheeled vehicle. • MONOTROCH n. (Scott) a wheelbarrow. |
| MOONSHOTS | • moonshots n. Plural of moonshot. • moon␣shots n. Plural of moon shot. • MOONSHOT n. the launching of a spacecraft to the moon. |
| WOMANHOOD | • womanhood n. The state or condition of being a woman. • womanhood n. All of the women of a given place, area, or subgroup regarded collectively. • womanhood n. The idealized nature of a woman: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness… |